- From: Jutta Treviranus <jutta.treviranus@utoronto.ca>
- Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 14:14:13 -0400
- To: w3c-wai-au@w3.org
- Message-Id: <a05100307b7c5563a0cbf@[142.150.64.191]>
>Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 11:57:28 -0400 >From: Jan Richards <jan.richards@utoronto.ca> >X-Accept-Language: en >To: Jutta Treviranus <jutta.treviranus@utoronto.ca> >Subject: Eval Template >Status: > > >-- >Cheers, >Jan > >/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ > >Jan Richards >Adaptive Technology Resource Centre (ATRC) >University of Toronto > >jan.richards@utoronto.ca >Fax: (416) 971-2896 > >==> TEMPORARY TELEPHONE: (416) 946-5358 <======= > >/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ >Conformance of ??? v.??? >to W3C's Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 > > >VERSION: ??? >DATE COMPLETED: ??? >LAST REVISED: ??? >EVALUATOR: ??? (e-mail: ???) >ATAG DRAFT EVALUATED AGAINST: ><http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-ATAG10-20000203/>http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-ATAG10-20000203/ > > >Introductory Comments and Notes > >This evaluation was performed on ??? v??? by ???. > >??? is a ??? tool that is intended for use by ??? to create ???. > >This evaluation may be somewhat limited in some areas. Future >revisions may incorporate feedback provided by the general public, >members of the <http://www.w3.org/WAI/AU/>Authoring Tool Guidelines >Working Group, and the manufacturer of the tool evaluated. > > >Conformance Summary > >This assessment concludes that ??? v.??? has: > >achieved Level-A compliance with ATAG 1.0. >achieved Level-AA compliance with ATAG 1.0. >achieved Level-AAA compliance with ATAG 1.0. >has not achieved any of the levels of compliance with ATAG 1.0. > >[Comment on what has been done well] > >[Comments on what remains to be implemented by the tool to reach the >next level of compliance] > >Legend > >- : The Priority of the checkpoint is too low to be required for >this ATAG compliance level. >Yes: This checkpoint has been met. >Yes (Qualified): This checkpoint has been met, for the most part. >No: This checkpoint has not been met. >N/A: This checkpoint is not relevant to the tool (counts as a Yes >when determining compliance). > >ATAG Checkpoints >Level-A Status >Level-AA Status >Level-AAA Status ><http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-ATAG10-20000203/#check-support-access-features>1.1 >(P1) > ><http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-ATAG10-20000203/#check-leave-access-content>1.2 >(P1) > ><http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-ATAG10-20000203/#check-generate-access-markup>1.3 >(RP) > ><http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-ATAG10-20000203/#check-use-accessible-templates>1.4 >(RP) > ><http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-ATAG10-20000203/#check-prefer-w3c>2.1 (P2) > ><http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-ATAG10-20000203/#check-ensure-published-DTD>2.2 >(P1) > ><http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-ATAG10-20000203/#check-declare-extended-DTD>2.3 >(P3) > ><http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-ATAG10-20000203/#check-provide-missing-alt>3.1 >(RP) > ><http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-ATAG10-20000203/#check-help-provide-structure>3.2 >(RP) > ><http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-ATAG10-20000203/#check-include-pro-descs>3.3 >(RP) > ><http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-ATAG10-20000203/#check-no-default-alt>3.4 (P1) > ><http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-ATAG10-20000203/#check-have-alt-registry>3.5 >(P3) > ><http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-ATAG10-20000203/#check-notify-on-schedule>4.1 >(RP) > ><http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-ATAG10-20000203/#check-dont-require-knowledge>4.2 >(RP) > ><http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-ATAG10-20000203/#check-notify-changes>4.3 (P2) > ><http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-ATAG10-20000203/#check-progress-feedback>4.4 >(P3) > ><http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-ATAG10-20000203/#check-allow-transformation>4.5 >(P3) > ><http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-ATAG10-20000203/#check-integrate-features>5.1 >(P2) > ><http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-ATAG10-20000203/#check-visible-means>5.2 (P2) > ><http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-ATAG10-20000203/#check-document-features>6.1 >(P1) > ><http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-ATAG10-20000203/#check-accessibility-everywhere>6.2 >(P2) > ><http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-ATAG10-20000203/#check-emphasize-universal-benefit>6.3 >(P3) > ><http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-ATAG10-20000203/#check-use-system-conventions>7.1 >(RP) > ><http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-ATAG10-20000203/#check-independent-styles>7.2 >(P1) > ><http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-ATAG10-20000203/#check-edit-elements>7.3 (P1) > ><http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-ATAG10-20000203/#check-navigation-access>7.4 >(P1) > ><http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-ATAG10-20000203/#check-edit-structure>7.5 (P2) > ><http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-ATAG10-20000203/#check-have-search>7.6 (P2) > > > > > >Conformance Details > >Guideline 1: Support accessible authoring practices > >1.1 Ensure that the author can produce accessible content in the >markup languages supported by the tool [Priority 1] > >Yes. [Tool gives author freedom to control which markup is produced, >even if by a code view.] >No. [Tool does not meet the above condition.] >Not Applicable. [Tool does not support any markup languages - it is >a programming tool or media editor.] > >Details: > >1.2 Ensure that the tool preserves all accessibility content during >authoring, transformation, and conversions [Priority 1] > >Yes. [Tool preserves representative set of accessible markup >(spot-test until automated tools available)] >No. [Tool does not meet the above condition] > >Details: > >1.3 Ensure that when the tool automatically generates markup it >conforms to the W3C's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 >[Relative Priority] > >Yes(Level-A). [Generated markup meets all WCAG Priority 1 checkpoints below] >Yes(Level-AA). [Generated markup meets all WCAG Priority 1 and 2 >checkpoints below] >Yes(Level-AAA). [Generated markup meets all WCAG Priority 1, 2 and 3 >checkpoints below] >No (Does not meet Level-A). > >[this section only for Yes(Level-A), Yes(Level-AA), No] The >following WCAG 1.0 checkpoints still remain to be met by all >generated markup in order for the tool to meet the compliance levels >listed: > >Outstanding WCAG Priority 1 checkpoints >(Required to meet Relative Priority Levels A, AA, and AAA) > >WCAG 1.1 Provide a text equivalent for every non-text element .... >WCAG 1.2 Provide redundant text links for each active region of a >server-side image map. >WCAG 1.3 Until user agents can automatically read aloud the text >equivalent of a visual track, provide an auditory description of the >important information of the visual track of a multimedia >presentation. >WCAG 1.4 For any time-based multimedia presentation (e.g., a movie >or animation), synchronize equivalent alternatives (e.g., captions >or auditory descriptions of the visual track) with the presentation. >WCAG 2.1 Ensure that all information conveyed with color is also >available without color, for example from context or markup. >WCAG 4.1 Clearly identify changes in the natural language of a >document's text and any text equivalents (e.g., captions). >WCAG 5.1 For data tables, identify row and column headers. >WCAG 5.2 For data tables that have two or more logical levels of row >or column headers, use markup to associate data cells and header >cells. >WCAG 6.1 Organize documents so they may be read without style >sheets. For example, when an HTML document is rendered without >associated style sheets, it must still be possible to read the >document. >WCAG 6.2 Ensure that equivalents for dynamic content are updated >when the dynamic content changes. >WCAG 6.3 Ensure that pages are usable when scripts, applets, or >other programmatic objects are turned off or not supported. If this >is not possible, provide equivalent information on an alternative >accessible page. >WCAG 7.1 Until user agents allow users to control flickering, avoid >causing the screen to flicker. >WCAG 9.1 Provide client-side image maps instead of server-side image >maps except where the regions cannot be defined with an available >geometric shape. >WCAG 12.1 Title each frame to facilitate frame identification and navigation. >WCAG 14.1 Use the clearest and simplest language appropriate for a >site's content. > >Details: > >Outstanding WCAG Priority 2 checkpoints >(Required to meet Relative Priority Levels AA and AAA) > >WCAG 2.2 Ensure that foreground and background color combinations >provide sufficient contrast when viewed by someone having color >deficits or when viewed on a black and white screen. [Priority 2 for >images, Priority 3 for text]. >WCAG 3.1 When an appropriate markup language exists, use markup >rather than images to convey information. >WCAG 3.2 Create documents that validate to published formal grammars. >WCAG 3.3 Use style sheets to control layout and presentation. >WCAG 3.4 Use relative rather than absolute units in markup language >attribute values and style sheet property values. >WCAG 3.5 Use header elements to convey document structure and use >them according to specification. >WCAG 3.6 Mark up lists and list items properly. >WCAG 3.7 Mark up quotations. Do not use quotation markup for >formatting effects such as indentation. >WCAG 5.3 Do not use tables for layout unless the table makes sense >when linearized. Otherwise, if the table does not make sense, >provide an alternative equivalent (which may be a linearized >version). >WCAG 5.4 If a table is used for layout, do not use any structural >markup for the purpose of visual formatting. >WCAG 6.4 For scripts and applets, ensure that event handlers are >input device-independent. >WCAG 6.5 Ensure that dynamic content is accessible or provide an >alternative presentation or page. >WCAG 7.2 Until user agents allow users to control blinking, avoid >causing content to blink (i.e., change presentation at a regular >rate, such as turning on and off). >WCAG 7.3 Until user agents allow users to freeze moving content, >avoid movement in pages. >WCAG 7.4 Until user agents provide the ability to stop the refresh, >do not create periodically auto-refreshing pages. >WCAG 7.5 Until user agents provide the ability to stop >auto-redirect, do not use markup to redirect pages automatically. >Instead, configure the server to perform redirects. >WCAG 8.1 Make programmatic elements such as scripts and applets >directly accessible or compatible with assistive technologies >[Priority 1 if functionality is important and not presented >elsewhere, otherwise Priority 2.] >WCAG 9.2 Ensure that any element that has its own interface can be >operated in a device-independent manner. >WCAG 9.3 For scripts, specify logical event handlers rather than >device-dependent event handlers. >WCAG 10.1 Until user agents allow users to turn off spawned windows, >do not cause pop-ups or other windows to appear and do not change >the current window without informing the user. >WCAG 10.2 Until user agents support explicit associations between >labels and form controls, for all form controls with implicitly >associated labels, ensure that the label is properly positioned. >WCAG 11.1 Use W3C technologies when they are available and >appropriate for a task and use the latest versions when supported. >WCAG 11.2 Avoid deprecated features of W3C technologies. >WCAG 12.2 Describe the purpose of frames and how frames relate to >each other if it is not obvious by frame titles alone. >WCAG 12.3 Divide large blocks of information into more manageable >groups where natural and appropriate. >WCAG 12.4 Associate labels explicitly with their controls. >WCAG 13.1 Clearly identify the target of each link. >WCAG 13.2 Provide metadata to add semantic information to pages and sites. >WCAG 13.3 Provide information about the general layout of a site >(e.g., a site map or table of contents). >WCAG 13.4 Use navigation mechanisms in a consistent manner. > >Details: > >Outstanding WCAG Priority 3 checkpoints >(Required to meet Relative Priority Level AAA) > >WCAG 1.5 Until user agents render text equivalents for client-side >image map links, provide redundant text links for each active region >of a client-side image map. >WCAG 4.2 Specify the expansion of each abbreviation or acronym in a >document where it first occurs. >WCAG 4.3 Identify the primary natural language of a document. >WCAG 5.5 Provide summaries for tables. >WCAG 5.6 Provide abbreviations for header labels. >WCAG 9.4 Create a logical tab order through links, form controls, and objects. >WCAG 9.5 Provide keyboard shortcuts to important links (including >those in client-side image maps), form controls, and groups of form >controls. >WCAG 10.3 Until user agents (including assistive technologies) >render side-by-side text correctly, provide a linear text >alternative (on the current page or some other) for all tables that >lay out text in parallel, word-wrapped columns. >WCAG 10.4 Until user agents handle empty controls correctly, include >default, place-holding characters in edit boxes and text areas. >WCAG 10.5 Until user agents (including assistive technologies) >render adjacent links distinctly, include non-link, printable >characters (surrounded by spaces) between adjacent links. >WCAG 11.3 Provide information so that users may receive documents >according to their preferences (e.g., language, content type, etc.) >WCAG 13.5 Provide navigation bars to highlight and give access to >the navigation mechanism. >WCAG 13.6 Group related links, identify the group (for user agents), >and, until user agents do so, provide a way to bypass the group. >WCAG 13.7 If search functions are provided, enable different types >of searches for different skill levels and preferences. >WCAG 13.8 Place distinguishing information at the beginning of >headings, paragraphs, lists, etc. >WCAG 13.9 Provide information about document collections (i.e., >documents comprising multiple pages.). >WCAG 13.10 Provide a means to skip over multi-line ASCII art. >WCAG 14.2 Supplement text with graphic or auditory presentations >where they will facilitate comprehension of the page. >WCAG 14.3 Create a style of presentation that is consistent across pages. > >Details: > >1.4 Ensure that templates provided by the tool conform to the Web >Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 [Relative Priority] > >Yes(Level-A). [Templates meets all WCAG Priority 1 checkpoints below] >Yes(Level-AA). [Templates meets all WCAG Priority 1 and 2 checkpoints below] >Yes(Level-AAA). [Templates meets all WCAG Priority 1, 2 and 3 >checkpoints below] >Not Applicable. [Tool does not include any templates] >No (Does not meet Level-A). > >[This section only for Yes(Level-A), Yes(Level-AA), No] The >following WCAG 1.0 checkpoints still remain to be met by all the >templates in order for the tool to meet the compliance levels listed: > >Outstanding WCAG Priority 1 checkpoints >(Required to meet Relative Priority Levels A, AA, and AAA) > >WCAG 1.1 Provide a text equivalent for every non-text element .... >WCAG 1.2 Provide redundant text links for each active region of a >server-side image map. >WCAG 1.3 Until user agents can automatically read aloud the text >equivalent of a visual track, provide an auditory description of the >important information of the visual track of a multimedia >presentation. >WCAG 1.4 For any time-based multimedia presentation (e.g., a movie >or animation), synchronize equivalent alternatives (e.g., captions >or auditory descriptions of the visual track) with the presentation. >WCAG 2.1 Ensure that all information conveyed with color is also >available without color, for example from context or markup. >WCAG 4.1 Clearly identify changes in the natural language of a >document's text and any text equivalents (e.g., captions). >WCAG 5.1 For data tables, identify row and column headers. >WCAG 5.2 For data tables that have two or more logical levels of row >or column headers, use markup to associate data cells and header >cells. >WCAG 6.1 Organize documents so they may be read without style >sheets. For example, when an HTML document is rendered without >associated style sheets, it must still be possible to read the >document. >WCAG 6.2 Ensure that equivalents for dynamic content are updated >when the dynamic content changes. >WCAG 6.3 Ensure that pages are usable when scripts, applets, or >other programmatic objects are turned off or not supported. If this >is not possible, provide equivalent information on an alternative >accessible page. >WCAG 7.1 Until user agents allow users to control flickering, avoid >causing the screen to flicker. >WCAG 9.1 Provide client-side image maps instead of server-side image >maps except where the regions cannot be defined with an available >geometric shape. >WCAG 12.1 Title each frame to facilitate frame identification and navigation. >WCAG 14.1 Use the clearest and simplest language appropriate for a >site's content. > >Details: > >Outstanding WCAG Priority 2 checkpoints >(Required to meet Relative Priority Levels AA and AAA) > >WCAG 2.2 Ensure that foreground and background color combinations >provide sufficient contrast when viewed by someone having color >deficits or when viewed on a black and white screen. [Priority 2 for >images, Priority 3 for text]. >WCAG 3.1 When an appropriate markup language exists, use markup >rather than images to convey information. >WCAG 3.2 Create documents that validate to published formal grammars. >WCAG 3.3 Use style sheets to control layout and presentation. >WCAG 3.4 Use relative rather than absolute units in markup language >attribute values and style sheet property values. >WCAG 3.5 Use header elements to convey document structure and use >them according to specification. >WCAG 3.6 Mark up lists and list items properly. >WCAG 3.7 Mark up quotations. Do not use quotation markup for >formatting effects such as indentation. >WCAG 5.3 Do not use tables for layout unless the table makes sense >when linearized. Otherwise, if the table does not make sense, >provide an alternative equivalent (which may be a linearized >version). >WCAG 5.4 If a table is used for layout, do not use any structural >markup for the purpose of visual formatting. >WCAG 6.4 For scripts and applets, ensure that event handlers are >input device-independent. >WCAG 6.5 Ensure that dynamic content is accessible or provide an >alternative presentation or page. >WCAG 7.2 Until user agents allow users to control blinking, avoid >causing content to blink (i.e., change presentation at a regular >rate, such as turning on and off). >WCAG 7.3 Until user agents allow users to freeze moving content, >avoid movement in pages. >WCAG 7.4 Until user agents provide the ability to stop the refresh, >do not create periodically auto-refreshing pages. >WCAG 7.5 Until user agents provide the ability to stop >auto-redirect, do not use markup to redirect pages automatically. >Instead, configure the server to perform redirects. >WCAG 8.1 Make programmatic elements such as scripts and applets >directly accessible or compatible with assistive technologies >[Priority 1 if functionality is important and not presented >elsewhere, otherwise Priority 2.] >WCAG 9.2 Ensure that any element that has its own interface can be >operated in a device-independent manner. >WCAG 9.3 For scripts, specify logical event handlers rather than >device-dependent event handlers. >WCAG 10.1 Until user agents allow users to turn off spawned windows, >do not cause pop-ups or other windows to appear and do not change >the current window without informing the user. >WCAG 10.2 Until user agents support explicit associations between >labels and form controls, for all form controls with implicitly >associated labels, ensure that the label is properly positioned. >WCAG 11.1 Use W3C technologies when they are available and >appropriate for a task and use the latest versions when supported. >WCAG 11.2 Avoid deprecated features of W3C technologies. >WCAG 12.2 Describe the purpose of frames and how frames relate to >each other if it is not obvious by frame titles alone. >WCAG 12.3 Divide large blocks of information into more manageable >groups where natural and appropriate. >WCAG 12.4 Associate labels explicitly with their controls. >WCAG 13.1 Clearly identify the target of each link. >WCAG 13.2 Provide metadata to add semantic information to pages and sites. >WCAG 13.3 Provide information about the general layout of a site >(e.g., a site map or table of contents). >WCAG 13.4 Use navigation mechanisms in a consistent manner. > >Details: > >Outstanding WCAG Priority 3 checkpoints >(Required to meet Relative Priority Level AAA) > >WCAG 1.5 Until user agents render text equivalents for client-side >image map links, provide redundant text links for each active region >of a client-side image map. >WCAG 4.2 Specify the expansion of each abbreviation or acronym in a >document where it first occurs. >WCAG 4.3 Identify the primary natural language of a document. >WCAG 5.5 Provide summaries for tables. >WCAG 5.6 Provide abbreviations for header labels. >WCAG 9.4 Create a logical tab order through links, form controls, and objects. >WCAG 9.5 Provide keyboard shortcuts to important links (including >those in client-side image maps), form controls, and groups of form >controls. >WCAG 10.3 Until user agents (including assistive technologies) >render side-by-side text correctly, provide a linear text >alternative (on the current page or some other) for all tables that >lay out text in parallel, word-wrapped columns. >WCAG 10.4 Until user agents handle empty controls correctly, include >default, place-holding characters in edit boxes and text areas. >WCAG 10.5 Until user agents (including assistive technologies) >render adjacent links distinctly, include non-link, printable >characters (surrounded by spaces) between adjacent links. >WCAG 11.3 Provide information so that users may receive documents >according to their preferences (e.g., language, content type, etc.) >WCAG 13.5 Provide navigation bars to highlight and give access to >the navigation mechanism. >WCAG 13.6 Group related links, identify the group (for user agents), >and, until user agents do so, provide a way to bypass the group. >WCAG 13.7 If search functions are provided, enable different types >of searches for different skill levels and preferences. >WCAG 13.8 Place distinguishing information at the beginning of >headings, paragraphs, lists, etc. >WCAG 13.9 Provide information about document collections (i.e., >documents comprising multiple pages.). >WCAG 13.10 Provide a means to skip over multi-line ASCII art. >WCAG 14.2 Supplement text with graphic or auditory presentations >where they will facilitate comprehension of the page. >WCAG 14.3 Create a style of presentation that is consistent across pages. > >Details: > > >Guideline 2: Generate Standard Markup > >2.1 Use the latest versions of W3C Recommendations when they are >available and appropriate for a task [Priority 2] > >Yes. [Tool supports the most up to date version of its markup >languages (as of 2 years prior to release] >No. [Tool either does not meet the above condition or does not >produces content in a non-W3C format for which a comparable W3C >alternative existed (as of 2 years prior to release).] > >Details: > >2.2: Ensure that the tool automatically generates valid markup [Priority 1] > >Yes. [Tool produces valid markup - automated validation for some >languages available at http://validator.w3.org] >No. [Tool does not meet the above condition] > >Details: > >2.3 If markup produced by the tool does not conform to W3C >specifications, inform the author [Priority 3] > >Yes. [Tool displays some kind of warning that some given markup does >not conform to W3C specifications.] >No. [Tool does not meet the above condition] >Not Applicable. [Tool always produces conformant markup, so no >warning is required.] > >Details: > > >Guideline 3: Support the creation of accessible content > >3.1 Prompt for the author to provide equivalent alternative >information (e.g., captions, auditory descriptions, and collated >text transcripts for video) [Relative Priority] > >Yes(Level-A). [Tool prompts for all WCAG Priority 1 checkpoints below] >Yes(Level-AA). [Tool prompts for all WCAG Priority 1 and 2 checkpoints below] >Yes(Level-AAA). [Tool prompts for all WCAG Priority 1, 2 and 3 >checkpoints below] >No (Does not meet Level-A). > >[This section only for Yes(Level-A), Yes(Level-AA), No] The >following WCAG 1.0 checkpoints related to equivalent alternatives >still remain to be prompted for within the tool interface in order >to meet the compliance levels listed: > >Outstanding WCAG Priority 1 checkpoints >(Required to meet Relative Priority Levels A, AA, and AAA) > >WCAG 1.1 Provide a text equivalent for every non-text element ... >WCAG 1.2 Provide redundant text links for each active region of a >server-side image map. >WCAG 1.3 Until user agents can automatically read aloud the text >equivalent of a visual track, provide an auditory description of the >important information of the visual track of a multimedia >presentation. >WCAG 1.4 For any time-based multimedia presentation (e.g., a movie >or animation), synchronize equivalent alternatives (e.g., captions >or auditory descriptions of the visual track) with the presentation. >WCAG 6.3 Ensure that pages are usable when scripts, applets, or >other programmatic objects are turned off or not supported. If this >is not possible, provide equivalent information on an alternative >accessible page. > >Details: > >Outstanding WCAG Priority 2 checkpoints >(Required to meet Relative Priority Levels AA and AAA) > >WCAG 6.5 Ensure that dynamic content is accessible or provide an >alternative presentation or page. > >Details: > >Outstanding WCAG Priority 3 checkpoints >(Required to meet Relative Priority Level AAA) > >WCAG 1.5 Until user agents render text equivalents for client-side >image map links, provide redundant text links for each active region >of a client-side image map. >WCAG 5.5 Provide summaries for tables. > >Details: > >3.2 Help the author create structured content and separate >information from its presentation [Relative Priority] > >Yes(Level-A). [Tool helps to create content that meets all WCAG >Priority 1 checkpoints below] >Yes(Level-AA). [Tool helps to create content that meets all WCAG >Priority 1 and 2 checkpoints below] >Yes(Level-AAA). [Tool helps to create content that meets all WCAG >Priority 1, 2 and 3 checkpoints below] >No (Does not meet Level-A). > >[this section only for Yes(Level-A), Yes(Level-AA), No] The >following WCAG 1.0 checkpoints related to this separation still >remain to be addressed within the tool interface in order to meet >the compliance levels listed: > >Outstanding WCAG Priority 1 checkpoints >(Required to meet Relative Priority Levels A, AA, and AAA) > >WCAG 2.1 Ensure that all information conveyed with color is also >available without color, for example from context or markup. >WCAG 4.1 Clearly identify changes in the natural language of a >document's text and any text equivalents (e.g., captions). >WCAG 5.1 For data tables, identify row and column headers. >WCAG 5.2 For data tables that have two or more logical levels of row >or column headers, use markup to associate data cells and header >cells. >WCAG 6.1 Organize documents so they may be read without style >sheets. For example, when an HTML document is rendered without >associated style sheets, it must still be possible to read the >document. >WCAG 6.2 Ensure that equivalents for dynamic content are updated >when the dynamic content changes. >WCAG 12.1 Title each frame to facilitate frame identification and navigation. > >Details: > >Outstanding WCAG Priority 2 checkpoints >(Required to meet Relative Priority Levels AA and AAA) > >WCAG 3.1 When an appropriate markup language exists, use markup >rather than images to convey information. >WCAG 3.4 Use relative rather than absolute units in markup language >attribute values and style sheet property values. >WCAG 3.5 Use header elements to convey document structure and use >them according to specification. >WCAG 3.6 Mark up lists and list items properly. >WCAG 3.7 Mark up quotations. Do not use quotation markup for >formatting effects such as indentation. >WCAG 5.3 Do not use tables for layout unless the table makes sense >when linearized. Otherwise, if the table does not make sense, >provide an alternative equivalent (which may be a linearized >version). >WCAG 5.4 If a table is used for layout, do not use any structural >markup for the purpose of visual formatting. >WCAG 10.2 Until user agents support explicit associations between >labels and form controls, for all form controls with implicitly >associated labels, ensure that the label is properly positioned. >WCAG 12.2 Describe the purpose of frames and how frames relate to >each other if it is not obvious by frame titles alone. >WCAG 12.3 Divide large blocks of information into more manageable >groups where natural and appropriate. >WCAG 12.4 Associate labels explicitly with their controls. >WCAG 13.2 Provide metadata to add semantic information to pages and sites. >WCAG 13.3 Provide information about the general layout of a site >(e.g., a site map or table of contents). >WCAG 13.4 Use navigation mechanisms in a consistent manner. > >Details: > >Outstanding WCAG Priority 3 checkpoints >(Required to meet Relative Priority Level AAA) > >WCAG 4.2 Specify the expansion of each abbreviation or acronym in a >document where it first occurs. >WCAG 4.3 Identify the primary natural language of a document. >WCAG 5.5 Provide summaries for tables. >WCAG 9.4 Create a logical tab order through links, form controls, and objects. >WCAG 9.5 Provide keyboard shortcuts to important links (including >those in client-side image maps), form controls, and groups of form >controls. >WCAG 11.3 Provide information so that users may receive documents >according to their preferences (e.g., language, content type, etc.) >WCAG 13.5 Provide navigation bars to highlight and give access to >the navigation mechanism. >WCAG 13.6 Group related links, identify the group (for user agents), >and, until user agents do so, provide a way to bypass the group. >WCAG 13.8 Place distinguishing information at the beginning of >headings, paragraphs, lists, etc. >WCAG 13.9 Provide information about document collections (i.e., >documents comprising multiple pages.). > >Details: > >3.3 Ensure that prepackaged content conforms to the Web Content >Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 ><http://www.w3.org/WAI/AU/reviews/Dreamweaver3#ref-WCAG10>[WCAG10] >[Relative Priority] > >Yes(Level-A). [Prepackaged content meets all WCAG Priority 1 >checkpoints below] >Yes(Level-AA). [Prepackaged content meets all WCAG Priority 1 and 2 >checkpoints below] >Yes(Level-AAA). [Prepackaged content meets all WCAG Priority 1, 2 >and 3 checkpoints below] >Not Applicable. [Tool does not include any prepackaged content] >No (Does not meet Level-A). > >[This section only for Yes(Level-A), Yes(Level-AA), No] The >following WCAG 1.0 checkpoints still remain to be met by all >prepackaged content in order for the tool to meet the compliance >levels listed: > >Outstanding WCAG Priority 1 checkpoints >(Required to meet Relative Priority Levels A, AA, and AAA) > >WCAG 1.1 Provide a text equivalent for every non-text element .... >WCAG 1.2 Provide redundant text links for each active region of a >server-side image map. >WCAG 1.3 Until user agents can automatically read aloud the text >equivalent of a visual track, provide an auditory description of the >important information of the visual track of a multimedia >presentation. >WCAG 1.4 For any time-based multimedia presentation (e.g., a movie >or animation), synchronize equivalent alternatives (e.g., captions >or auditory descriptions of the visual track) with the presentation. >WCAG 2.1 Ensure that all information conveyed with color is also >available without color, for example from context or markup. >WCAG 4.1 Clearly identify changes in the natural language of a >document's text and any text equivalents (e.g., captions). >WCAG 5.1 For data tables, identify row and column headers. >WCAG 5.2 For data tables that have two or more logical levels of row >or column headers, use markup to associate data cells and header >cells. >WCAG 6.1 Organize documents so they may be read without style >sheets. For example, when an HTML document is rendered without >associated style sheets, it must still be possible to read the >document. >WCAG 6.2 Ensure that equivalents for dynamic content are updated >when the dynamic content changes. >WCAG 6.3 Ensure that pages are usable when scripts, applets, or >other programmatic objects are turned off or not supported. If this >is not possible, provide equivalent information on an alternative >accessible page. >WCAG 7.1 Until user agents allow users to control flickering, avoid >causing the screen to flicker. >WCAG 9.1 Provide client-side image maps instead of server-side image >maps except where the regions cannot be defined with an available >geometric shape. >WCAG 12.1 Title each frame to facilitate frame identification and navigation. >WCAG 14.1 Use the clearest and simplest language appropriate for a >site's content. > >Details: > >Outstanding WCAG Priority 2 checkpoints >(Required to meet Relative Priority Levels AA and AAA) > >WCAG 2.2 Ensure that foreground and background color combinations >provide sufficient contrast when viewed by someone having color >deficits or when viewed on a black and white screen. [Priority 2 for >images, Priority 3 for text]. >WCAG 3.1 When an appropriate markup language exists, use markup >rather than images to convey information. >WCAG 3.2 Create documents that validate to published formal grammars. >WCAG 3.3 Use style sheets to control layout and presentation. >WCAG 3.4 Use relative rather than absolute units in markup language >attribute values and style sheet property values. >WCAG 3.5 Use header elements to convey document structure and use >them according to specification. >WCAG 3.6 Mark up lists and list items properly. >WCAG 3.7 Mark up quotations. Do not use quotation markup for >formatting effects such as indentation. >WCAG 5.3 Do not use tables for layout unless the table makes sense >when linearized. Otherwise, if the table does not make sense, >provide an alternative equivalent (which may be a linearized >version). >WCAG 5.4 If a table is used for layout, do not use any structural >markup for the purpose of visual formatting. >WCAG 6.4 For scripts and applets, ensure that event handlers are >input device-independent. >WCAG 6.5 Ensure that dynamic content is accessible or provide an >alternative presentation or page. >WCAG 7.2 Until user agents allow users to control blinking, avoid >causing content to blink (i.e., change presentation at a regular >rate, such as turning on and off). >WCAG 7.3 Until user agents allow users to freeze moving content, >avoid movement in pages. >WCAG 7.4 Until user agents provide the ability to stop the refresh, >do not create periodically auto-refreshing pages. >WCAG 7.5 Until user agents provide the ability to stop >auto-redirect, do not use markup to redirect pages automatically. >Instead, configure the server to perform redirects. >WCAG 8.1 Make programmatic elements such as scripts and applets >directly accessible or compatible with assistive technologies >[Priority 1 if functionality is important and not presented >elsewhere, otherwise Priority 2.] >WCAG 9.2 Ensure that any element that has its own interface can be >operated in a device-independent manner. >WCAG 9.3 For scripts, specify logical event handlers rather than >device-dependent event handlers. >WCAG 10.1 Until user agents allow users to turn off spawned windows, >do not cause pop-ups or other windows to appear and do not change >the current window without informing the user. >WCAG 10.2 Until user agents support explicit associations between >labels and form controls, for all form controls with implicitly >associated labels, ensure that the label is properly positioned. >WCAG 11.1 Use W3C technologies when they are available and >appropriate for a task and use the latest versions when supported. >WCAG 11.2 Avoid deprecated features of W3C technologies. >WCAG 12.2 Describe the purpose of frames and how frames relate to >each other if it is not obvious by frame titles alone. >WCAG 12.3 Divide large blocks of information into more manageable >groups where natural and appropriate. >WCAG 12.4 Associate labels explicitly with their controls. >WCAG 13.1 Clearly identify the target of each link. >WCAG 13.2 Provide metadata to add semantic information to pages and sites. >WCAG 13.3 Provide information about the general layout of a site >(e.g., a site map or table of contents). >WCAG 13.4 Use navigation mechanisms in a consistent manner. > >Details: > >Outstanding WCAG Priority 3 checkpoints >(Required to meet Relative Priority Level AAA) > >WCAG 1.5 Until user agents render text equivalents for client-side >image map links, provide redundant text links for each active region >of a client-side image map. >WCAG 4.2 Specify the expansion of each abbreviation or acronym in a >document where it first occurs. >WCAG 4.3 Identify the primary natural language of a document. >WCAG 5.5 Provide summaries for tables. >WCAG 5.6 Provide abbreviations for header labels. >WCAG 9.4 Create a logical tab order through links, form controls, and objects. >WCAG 9.5 Provide keyboard shortcuts to important links (including >those in client-side image maps), form controls, and groups of form >controls. >WCAG 10.3 Until user agents (including assistive technologies) >render side-by-side text correctly, provide a linear text >alternative (on the current page or some other) for all tables that >lay out text in parallel, word-wrapped columns. >WCAG 10.4 Until user agents handle empty controls correctly, include >default, place-holding characters in edit boxes and text areas. >WCAG 10.5 Until user agents (including assistive technologies) >render adjacent links distinctly, include non-link, printable >characters (surrounded by spaces) between adjacent links. >WCAG 11.3 Provide information so that users may receive documents >according to their preferences (e.g., language, content type, etc.) >WCAG 13.5 Provide navigation bars to highlight and give access to >the navigation mechanism. >WCAG 13.6 Group related links, identify the group (for user agents), >and, until user agents do so, provide a way to bypass the group. >WCAG 13.7 If search functions are provided, enable different types >of searches for different skill levels and preferences. >WCAG 13.8 Place distinguishing information at the beginning of >headings, paragraphs, lists, etc. >WCAG 13.9 Provide information about document collections (i.e., >documents comprising multiple pages.). >WCAG 13.10 Provide a means to skip over multi-line ASCII art. >WCAG 14.2 Supplement text with graphic or auditory presentations >where they will facilitate comprehension of the page. >WCAG 14.3 Create a style of presentation that is consistent across pages. > >Details: > >3.4 Do not automatically generate ><http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-ATAG10-20000203/atag10.html#def-alt-eq>equivalent >alternatives. Do not reuse previously authored alternatives without >author confirmation, except when the function is known with >certainty[Priority 1] > >Yes. [Tool does creat "alt" text or other equivalent alternatives >from the file name, etc.] >No. [Tool does not meet the above condition.] >Not Applicable. [Tool does not allow non-text elements to be produced.] > >Details: > >3.5 Provide functionality for managing, editing, and reusing >alternative equivalents for multimedia objects [Priority 3] > >Yes. [Tool manages alternative equivalents - may include suggesting >text previously written for an object.] >No. [Tool does not meet the above condition] >Not Applicable. [Tool does not allow non-text elements to be produced.] > >Details: > > >Guideline 4: Provide ways of checking and correcting inaccessible content > >4.1 Check for and inform the author of accessibility problems >[Relative Priority] > >No Checker (Does not meet Level-A). [No checking function.] >Yes(Level-A). [Templates meets all WCAG Priority 1 checkpoints below] >Yes(Level-AA). [Templates meets all WCAG Priority 1 and 2 checkpoints below] >Yes(Level-AAA). [Templates meets all WCAG Priority 1, 2 and 3 >checkpoints below] >No (Does not meet Level-A). >Not Applicable. [Tool does not include any templates] > >[This section only for Yes(Level-A), Yes(Level-AA), No] The >following WCAG 1.0 checkpoints still remain to be checked in order >for the tool to meet the compliance levels listed: > >Outstanding WCAG Priority 1 checkpoints >(Required to meet Relative Priority Levels A, AA, and AAA) > >WCAG 1.1 Provide a text equivalent for every non-text element .... >WCAG 1.2 Provide redundant text links for each active region of a >server-side image map. >WCAG 1.3 Until user agents can automatically read aloud the text >equivalent of a visual track, provide an auditory description of the >important information of the visual track of a multimedia >presentation. >WCAG 1.4 For any time-based multimedia presentation (e.g., a movie >or animation), synchronize equivalent alternatives (e.g., captions >or auditory descriptions of the visual track) with the presentation. >WCAG 2.1 Ensure that all information conveyed with color is also >available without color, for example from context or markup. >WCAG 4.1 Clearly identify changes in the natural language of a >document's text and any text equivalents (e.g., captions). >WCAG 5.1 For data tables, identify row and column headers. >WCAG 5.2 For data tables that have two or more logical levels of row >or column headers, use markup to associate data cells and header >cells. >WCAG 6.1 Organize documents so they may be read without style >sheets. For example, when an HTML document is rendered without >associated style sheets, it must still be possible to read the >document. >WCAG 6.2 Ensure that equivalents for dynamic content are updated >when the dynamic content changes. >WCAG 6.3 Ensure that pages are usable when scripts, applets, or >other programmatic objects are turned off or not supported. If this >is not possible, provide equivalent information on an alternative >accessible page. >WCAG 7.1 Until user agents allow users to control flickering, avoid >causing the screen to flicker. >WCAG 9.1 Provide client-side image maps instead of server-side image >maps except where the regions cannot be defined with an available >geometric shape. >WCAG 12.1 Title each frame to facilitate frame identification and navigation. >WCAG 14.1 Use the clearest and simplest language appropriate for a >site's content. > >Details: > >Outstanding WCAG Priority 2 checkpoints >(Required to meet Relative Priority Levels AA and AAA) > >WCAG 2.2 Ensure that foreground and background color combinations >provide sufficient contrast when viewed by someone having color >deficits or when viewed on a black and white screen. [Priority 2 for >images, Priority 3 for text]. >WCAG 3.1 When an appropriate markup language exists, use markup >rather than images to convey information. >WCAG 3.2 Create documents that validate to published formal grammars. >WCAG 3.3 Use style sheets to control layout and presentation. >WCAG 3.4 Use relative rather than absolute units in markup language >attribute values and style sheet property values. >WCAG 3.5 Use header elements to convey document structure and use >them according to specification. >WCAG 3.6 Mark up lists and list items properly. >WCAG 3.7 Mark up quotations. Do not use quotation markup for >formatting effects such as indentation. >WCAG 5.3 Do not use tables for layout unless the table makes sense >when linearized. Otherwise, if the table does not make sense, >provide an alternative equivalent (which may be a linearized >version). >WCAG 5.4 If a table is used for layout, do not use any structural >markup for the purpose of visual formatting. >WCAG 6.4 For scripts and applets, ensure that event handlers are >input device-independent. >WCAG 6.5 Ensure that dynamic content is accessible or provide an >alternative presentation or page. >WCAG 7.2 Until user agents allow users to control blinking, avoid >causing content to blink (i.e., change presentation at a regular >rate, such as turning on and off). >WCAG 7.3 Until user agents allow users to freeze moving content, >avoid movement in pages. >WCAG 7.4 Until user agents provide the ability to stop the refresh, >do not create periodically auto-refreshing pages. >WCAG 7.5 Until user agents provide the ability to stop >auto-redirect, do not use markup to redirect pages automatically. >Instead, configure the server to perform redirects. >WCAG 8.1 Make programmatic elements such as scripts and applets >directly accessible or compatible with assistive technologies >[Priority 1 if functionality is important and not presented >elsewhere, otherwise Priority 2.] >WCAG 9.2 Ensure that any element that has its own interface can be >operated in a device-independent manner. >WCAG 9.3 For scripts, specify logical event handlers rather than >device-dependent event handlers. >WCAG 10.1 Until user agents allow users to turn off spawned windows, >do not cause pop-ups or other windows to appear and do not change >the current window without informing the user. >WCAG 10.2 Until user agents support explicit associations between >labels and form controls, for all form controls with implicitly >associated labels, ensure that the label is properly positioned. >WCAG 11.1 Use W3C technologies when they are available and >appropriate for a task and use the latest versions when supported. >WCAG 11.2 Avoid deprecated features of W3C technologies. >WCAG 12.2 Describe the purpose of frames and how frames relate to >each other if it is not obvious by frame titles alone. >WCAG 12.3 Divide large blocks of information into more manageable >groups where natural and appropriate. >WCAG 12.4 Associate labels explicitly with their controls. >WCAG 13.1 Clearly identify the target of each link. >WCAG 13.2 Provide metadata to add semantic information to pages and sites. >WCAG 13.3 Provide information about the general layout of a site >(e.g., a site map or table of contents). >WCAG 13.4 Use navigation mechanisms in a consistent manner. > >Details: > >Outstanding WCAG Priority 3 checkpoints >(Required to meet Relative Priority Level AAA) > >WCAG 1.5 Until user agents render text equivalents for client-side >image map links, provide redundant text links for each active region >of a client-side image map. >WCAG 4.2 Specify the expansion of each abbreviation or acronym in a >document where it first occurs. >WCAG 4.3 Identify the primary natural language of a document. >WCAG 5.5 Provide summaries for tables. >WCAG 5.6 Provide abbreviations for header labels. >WCAG 9.4 Create a logical tab order through links, form controls, and objects. >WCAG 9.5 Provide keyboard shortcuts to important links (including >those in client-side image maps), form controls, and groups of form >controls. >WCAG 10.3 Until user agents (including assistive technologies) >render side-by-side text correctly, provide a linear text >alternative (on the current page or some other) for all tables that >lay out text in parallel, word-wrapped columns. >WCAG 10.4 Until user agents handle empty controls correctly, include >default, place-holding characters in edit boxes and text areas. >WCAG 10.5 Until user agents (including assistive technologies) >render adjacent links distinctly, include non-link, printable >characters (surrounded by spaces) between adjacent links. >WCAG 11.3 Provide information so that users may receive documents >according to their preferences (e.g., language, content type, etc.) >WCAG 13.5 Provide navigation bars to highlight and give access to >the navigation mechanism. >WCAG 13.6 Group related links, identify the group (for user agents), >and, until user agents do so, provide a way to bypass the group. >WCAG 13.7 If search functions are provided, enable different types >of searches for different skill levels and preferences. >WCAG 13.8 Place distinguishing information at the beginning of >headings, paragraphs, lists, etc. >WCAG 13.9 Provide information about document collections (i.e., >documents comprising multiple pages.). >WCAG 13.10 Provide a means to skip over multi-line ASCII art. >WCAG 14.2 Supplement text with graphic or auditory presentations >where they will facilitate comprehension of the page. >WCAG 14.3 Create a style of presentation that is consistent across pages. > >Details: > >4.2 Assist authors in correcting accessibility problems [Relative Priority] > >No Correcting (Does not meet Level-A). [No correcting function.] >Yes(Level-A). [Templates meets all WCAG Priority 1 checkpoints below.] >Yes(Level-AA). [Templates meets all WCAG Priority 1 and 2 checkpoints below.] >Yes(Level-AAA). [Templates meets all WCAG Priority 1, 2 and 3 >checkpoints below.] >No (Does not meet Level-A). >Not Applicable. [Tool does not include any templates.] > >[This section only for Yes(Level-A), Yes(Level-AA), No] The >following WCAG 1.0 checkpoints still remain to be implemented in a >correction assistance system in order for the tool to meet the >compliance levels listed: > >Outstanding WCAG Priority 1 checkpoints >(Required to meet Relative Priority Levels A, AA, and AAA) > >WCAG 1.1 Provide a text equivalent for every non-text element .... >WCAG 1.2 Provide redundant text links for each active region of a >server-side image map. >WCAG 1.3 Until user agents can automatically read aloud the text >equivalent of a visual track, provide an auditory description of the >important information of the visual track of a multimedia >presentation. >WCAG 1.4 For any time-based multimedia presentation (e.g., a movie >or animation), synchronize equivalent alternatives (e.g., captions >or auditory descriptions of the visual track) with the presentation. >WCAG 2.1 Ensure that all information conveyed with color is also >available without color, for example from context or markup. >WCAG 4.1 Clearly identify changes in the natural language of a >document's text and any text equivalents (e.g., captions). >WCAG 5.1 For data tables, identify row and column headers. >WCAG 5.2 For data tables that have two or more logical levels of row >or column headers, use markup to associate data cells and header >cells. >WCAG 6.1 Organize documents so they may be read without style >sheets. For example, when an HTML document is rendered without >associated style sheets, it must still be possible to read the >document. >WCAG 6.2 Ensure that equivalents for dynamic content are updated >when the dynamic content changes. >WCAG 6.3 Ensure that pages are usable when scripts, applets, or >other programmatic objects are turned off or not supported. If this >is not possible, provide equivalent information on an alternative >accessible page. >WCAG 7.1 Until user agents allow users to control flickering, avoid >causing the screen to flicker. >WCAG 9.1 Provide client-side image maps instead of server-side image >maps except where the regions cannot be defined with an available >geometric shape. >WCAG 12.1 Title each frame to facilitate frame identification and navigation. >WCAG 14.1 Use the clearest and simplest language appropriate for a >site's content. > >Details: > >Outstanding WCAG Priority 2 checkpoints >(Required to meet Relative Priority Levels AA and AAA) > >WCAG 2.2 Ensure that foreground and background color combinations >provide sufficient contrast when viewed by someone having color >deficits or when viewed on a black and white screen. [Priority 2 for >images, Priority 3 for text]. >WCAG 3.1 When an appropriate markup language exists, use markup >rather than images to convey information. >WCAG 3.2 Create documents that validate to published formal grammars. >WCAG 3.3 Use style sheets to control layout and presentation. >WCAG 3.4 Use relative rather than absolute units in markup language >attribute values and style sheet property values. >WCAG 3.5 Use header elements to convey document structure and use >them according to specification. >WCAG 3.6 Mark up lists and list items properly. >WCAG 3.7 Mark up quotations. Do not use quotation markup for >formatting effects such as indentation. >WCAG 5.3 Do not use tables for layout unless the table makes sense >when linearized. Otherwise, if the table does not make sense, >provide an alternative equivalent (which may be a linearized >version). >WCAG 5.4 If a table is used for layout, do not use any structural >markup for the purpose of visual formatting. >WCAG 6.4 For scripts and applets, ensure that event handlers are >input device-independent. >WCAG 6.5 Ensure that dynamic content is accessible or provide an >alternative presentation or page. >WCAG 7.2 Until user agents allow users to control blinking, avoid >causing content to blink (i.e., change presentation at a regular >rate, such as turning on and off). >WCAG 7.3 Until user agents allow users to freeze moving content, >avoid movement in pages. >WCAG 7.4 Until user agents provide the ability to stop the refresh, >do not create periodically auto-refreshing pages. >WCAG 7.5 Until user agents provide the ability to stop >auto-redirect, do not use markup to redirect pages automatically. >Instead, configure the server to perform redirects. >WCAG 8.1 Make programmatic elements such as scripts and applets >directly accessible or compatible with assistive technologies >[Priority 1 if functionality is important and not presented >elsewhere, otherwise Priority 2.] >WCAG 9.2 Ensure that any element that has its own interface can be >operated in a device-independent manner. >WCAG 9.3 For scripts, specify logical event handlers rather than >device-dependent event handlers. >WCAG 10.1 Until user agents allow users to turn off spawned windows, >do not cause pop-ups or other windows to appear and do not change >the current window without informing the user. >WCAG 10.2 Until user agents support explicit associations between >labels and form controls, for all form controls with implicitly >associated labels, ensure that the label is properly positioned. >WCAG 11.1 Use W3C technologies when they are available and >appropriate for a task and use the latest versions when supported. >WCAG 11.2 Avoid deprecated features of W3C technologies. >WCAG 12.2 Describe the purpose of frames and how frames relate to >each other if it is not obvious by frame titles alone. >WCAG 12.3 Divide large blocks of information into more manageable >groups where natural and appropriate. >WCAG 12.4 Associate labels explicitly with their controls. >WCAG 13.1 Clearly identify the target of each link. >WCAG 13.2 Provide metadata to add semantic information to pages and sites. >WCAG 13.3 Provide information about the general layout of a site >(e.g., a site map or table of contents). >WCAG 13.4 Use navigation mechanisms in a consistent manner. > >Details: > >Outstanding WCAG Priority 3 checkpoints >(Required to meet Relative Priority Level AAA) > >WCAG 1.5 Until user agents render text equivalents for client-side >image map links, provide redundant text links for each active region >of a client-side image map. >WCAG 4.2 Specify the expansion of each abbreviation or acronym in a >document where it first occurs. >WCAG 4.3 Identify the primary natural language of a document. >WCAG 5.5 Provide summaries for tables. >WCAG 5.6 Provide abbreviations for header labels. >WCAG 9.4 Create a logical tab order through links, form controls, and objects. >WCAG 9.5 Provide keyboard shortcuts to important links (including >those in client-side image maps), form controls, and groups of form >controls. >WCAG 10.3 Until user agents (including assistive technologies) >render side-by-side text correctly, provide a linear text >alternative (on the current page or some other) for all tables that >lay out text in parallel, word-wrapped columns. >WCAG 10.4 Until user agents handle empty controls correctly, include >default, place-holding characters in edit boxes and text areas. >WCAG 10.5 Until user agents (including assistive technologies) >render adjacent links distinctly, include non-link, printable >characters (surrounded by spaces) between adjacent links. >WCAG 11.3 Provide information so that users may receive documents >according to their preferences (e.g., language, content type, etc.) >WCAG 13.5 Provide navigation bars to highlight and give access to >the navigation mechanism. >WCAG 13.6 Group related links, identify the group (for user agents), >and, until user agents do so, provide a way to bypass the group. >WCAG 13.7 If search functions are provided, enable different types >of searches for different skill levels and preferences. >WCAG 13.8 Place distinguishing information at the beginning of >headings, paragraphs, lists, etc. >WCAG 13.9 Provide information about document collections (i.e., >documents comprising multiple pages.). >WCAG 13.10 Provide a means to skip over multi-line ASCII art. >WCAG 14.2 Supplement text with graphic or auditory presentations >where they will facilitate comprehension of the page. >WCAG 14.3 Create a style of presentation that is consistent across pages. > >Details: > >4.3 Allow the author to preserve markup not recognized by the tool >[Priority 2] > >Yes. [Tool does not remove novel elements and attributes - may >refuse to open file] >No. [Tool does not meet the above condition] >Not Applicable. [Tool does allow author to import or directly author >markup - so tool recognizes all markup.] > >Details: > >4.4 Provide the author with a summary of the document's >accessibility status [Priority 3] > >Yes. [Tool provides a summary - ex. checker results] >No. [Tool does not meet the above condition] > >Details: > >4.5 Allow the author to transform presentation markup that is >misused to convey structure into structural markup and to transform >presentation markup for style into style sheets [Priority 3] > >Yes. [Tool supports style sheets.] >No. [Tool does not meet the above condition] >Not Applicable. [Tool does not support structured language where >this is possible.] > >Details: > > >Guideline 5: Integrate accessibility solutions into the overall >"look and feel" > >5.1 Ensure that functionality related to accessible authoring >practices is naturally integrated into the overall look and feel of >the tool [Priority 2] > >Yes. [Tool integrates has accessibility-related functions such as >checkers and prompts to the point that they look and act like all >the other parts of the program - they do not appear separate.] >No. [Tool does not meet the above condition] > >Details: > >5.2 Ensure that accessible authoring practices supporting WCAG 1.0 >Priority 1 checkpoints are among the most obvious and easily >initiated by the author [Priority 2] > >Yes. [Tool ensures that accessible markup practices are used for all >one click functionality - including formatting tool bar buttons, >menus, etc.] >No. [Tool does not meet the above condition] > >Details: > > >Guideline 6: Promote accessibility in help and documentation > >6.1 Document all features that promote the production of accessible >content [Priority 1] > >Yes. [Tool documents the features of the tool (prompts, checker, >etc.) that are involved with the production of accessible content.] >No. [Tool does not meet the above condition] > >Details: > >6.2 Ensure that creating accessible content is a naturally >integrated part of the documentation, including examples [Priority 2] > >Yes. [Tool does not include examples of inaccessible markup (except >to show inaccessible markup).] >No. [Tool does not meet the above condition] > >Details: > >6.3 In a dedicated section, document all features of the tool that >promote the production of accessible content [Priority 3] > >Yes. [Tool has the documentation from 6.1 set aside in a single >section of the Help documentation.] >No. [Tool does not meet the above condition] > >Details: > > >Guideline 7: Ensure that the Authoring Tool is Accessible to Authors >with Disabilities > >7.1 Use all applicable operating system and accessibility standards >and conventions [Relative Priority] > >Yes(Level-A). [Tool UI meets applicable Priority 1 Cbelow] >Yes(Level-AA). [Tool UI meets applicable Priority 1 and 2 operating >system and accessibility standards and conventions below] >Yes(Level-AAA). [Tool UI meets applicable Priority 1, 2 and 3 >operating system and accessibility standards and conventions below] >No (Does not meet Level-A). > >[This section only for Yes(Level-A), Yes(Level-AA), No] The >following operating system and accessibility standards and >conventions below related to accessible software still remain to be >met in order to meet the compliance levels listed: > >Outstanding Priority 1 Operating System and Accessibility Standards >and Conventions >(Required to meet Relative Priority Levels A, AA, and AAA) > >Following Standards: Draw text and objects using system conventions. >Following Standards: Make mouse, keyboard, and API activation of >events consistent. >Following Standards: Provide a user interface that is "familiar" (to >system standards, or across platform). >Following Standards: Use system standard indirections and APIs >wherever possible. >Following Standards: Ensure all dialogs, subwindows, etc., satisfy >all same requirements as the main program. >Following Standards: Avoid blocking assistive technology functions >(sticky/mouse keys, screenreader controls, etc.) where possible. >Configurability: Allow control of timing, colors, sizes, >input/output devices and media. >Input Device Independence: Provide Keyboard access to all functions. >Input Device Independence: Document all keyboard bindings. >Icons, Graphics, Sounds: Provide graphical (text) equivalents for >sound warnings. >Icons, Graphics, Sounds: Provide text equivalents for images/icons. >Icons, Graphics, Sounds: Use customizable (or removable) colors/patterns. >Icons, Graphics, Sounds: Ensure high contrast is available (as >default setting). >Icons, Graphics, Sounds: Provide text equivalents for all audio. >Layout: Do not rely on color alone for meaning. Use color for >differentiation, in combination with accessible cues (text >equivalents, natural language, etc.). >Layout: Position related text labels and objects consistently, and >in an obvious manner (labels before objects is recommended). >Layout: Ensure default window sizes fit in screen. >User Focus: Clearly identify the user focus (and expose it via API). >User Focus: Unexpected events should not be caused by viewing >content (for example by moving the focus to a new point). >User Focus: Allow user control of timing - delays, time-dependent >response, etc. >User Focus: Allow for navigation between as well as within windows. >Documentation: Ensure that help functions are accessible. >Other: > >Details: > >Outstanding Priority 2 Operating System and Accessibility Standards >and Conventions >(Required to meet Relative Priority Levels AA and AAA) > >Input Device Independence: Provide logical navigation order for the >keyboard interface. >Input Device Independence: Avoid repetitive keying wherever possible. >Icons, Graphics, Sounds: Use icons that are resizeable or available >in multiple sizes. >Layout: Group related controls. >Layout: Allow for window resizing (very small to very large). >Documentation: Provide documentation for all features of the tool. >Other: > >Details: > >Outstanding Priority 3 Operating System and Accessibility Standards >and Conventions >(Required to meet Relative Priority Level AAA) > >Configurability: Allow users to create profiles. >Configurability: Allow users to reshape the user interface - >customize toolbars, keyboard commands, etc. >Input Device Independence: Provide customizable keyboard shortcuts >for common functions. >Input Device Independence: Provide mouse access to functions where possible. >Icons, Graphics, Sounds: Allow sounds to be turned off. >Other: > >Details: > >7.2 Allow the author to change the presentation of editing views >without affecting the document markup [Priority 1] > >Yes. [Tool has some means of changing the size and colours in the >authoring view - this may simply be support for system wide display >settings.] >No. [Tool does not meet the above condition] > >Details: > >7.3 Allow the author to edit all properties of each element and >object in an accessible fashion [Priority 1] > >Yes. [Tool has property editing functions that have proper (not just >iconic) labels and relatively straightforward keyboard navigation.] >No. [Tool does not meet the above condition] > >Details: > >7.4 Ensure that the editing view allows navigation via the structure >of the document in an accessible fashion [Priority 1] > >Yes. [Tool has a some ability to move editing focus directly from >element to element - "next element" or "next element of type", etc.] >No. [Tool does not meet the above condition] > >Details: > >7.5 Enable editing of the structure of the document [Priority 2] > >Yes. [Tool allows author access to all the properties of the >structural markup - headers, frames, etc.] >No. [Tool does not meet the above condition] > >Details: > >7.6 Allow the author to search within editing views [Priority 2] > >Yes. [Tool has a "search" or "find" function in the editing views] >No. [Tool does not meet the above condition] > >Details:
Received on Wednesday, 12 September 2001 14:14:38 UTC